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BIG JOE 



A BEAUTIFUL BERRY— 

 A MONEY-MAKER 



NANCY LEE 



No other mid-season berry has stood the test of varied soil and cli- 

 matic conditions to which the Big Joe has been subjected to for the 

 past twenty years and come through with the fine record it has for gen- 

 eral hardiness, productiveness and being a profitable berry to grow. It 

 will withstand as much rough treatment as any variety we know of and 

 still come through. It is a very large, attractive, dark bright red berry 

 that will sell on any market. It can always be depended on to make a 

 good set of plants and come through with a crop, a combination which 

 makes it one of the most popular and profitable berries to grow. 



PATHFMNDER 



VERY RESISTANT TO ROOT DISEASES 



Originating at N. J. Experimental Station as the result of a cross be- 

 tween Premier and Aberdeen and formerly known as N. J. No. 35. 

 Ripens about three weeks after Premier. The berries are regular, round- 

 ish conic in shape, medium to large in size, bright red in color, brisk, 

 sub-acid flavor with a quality rating of good. The plants are very vig- 

 orous and productive and thrive on heavier springy types of soil with 

 plenty of moisture. Will do best from central Jersey north. 



A seedling of our own with unknown parentage. 



It has many of the characteristics of the Premier 

 and Aroma. Its main points of merit are its unusual thriftiness ; its 

 ability to crop under most trying conditions; its resistance to frost in- 

 jury; its productiveness, and its superior quality to other early berries. 

 It starts ripening a week before Premier. The berries average large. 

 It is shaped like the Premier and produces its berries near the ground 

 like the Premier. 



REDSTAR 



(U.S.D.A. 2124) 



Large, Bright Red Color, Excellent Quality, Firmness, 

 Late Ripening— Qualifies the REDSTAR to Chal- 

 lenge All Other Late Varieties 



Redstar is a cross of Chesapeake and Fairfax which has been under test since 1933. 



In our fields we have found it to be a heavy producer of large showy type berries which are sometimes ridged 

 or furrowed but mainly they are of normal shape. The berries are a bright red and do not turn dark, its flesh 

 is juicy but firm, the quality is good to excellent, size of fruit holds well through fruiting season. 



The plants and leaves are very large, the stalks strong, while the flower stems are relatively short thus af- 

 fording the fruit buds protection from frosts. 



We have long needed a good very late berry and REDSTAR so far stands out as the challenger for top hon- 

 ors over all other late varieties. 



It ripens after Chesapeake and with or after Gandy and Orem. For the Home Garden and Commercial plant- 

 ing we recommend planting the REDSTAR from Virginia north. Due to its long season the home gardener will 

 have high quality berries much later than ever before and for the commercial grower it means more high priced 

 berries to offer long after the season is over on other varieties. Does best in heavier soils. 



Bountiful Bidge Grown CATSKILL, 

 plants such as these will bring results. 

 They have heavy crowns, long roots 

 and are free from Cape Cod Nematode 

 which infests so many Catskill plants. 

 We caution planters t o know where 

 their Catskill plants are coming from; 

 a small saving in price of plants can 

 prove very costly. "IT WIL.L. PAY YOU 

 TO PLANT BOUNTIFUIi BIDGE 

 GROWN CATSKII.L.." 



Everbearing Strawberries 



BIG, LUCIOUS BERRIES THRU LATE SUMMER AND FALL PAY BIG PROFITS TO THE COM- 



MERCIAL AND HOME GARDEN GROWER 



THE 

 GIANT 



MASTODON 



STILL REIGNS AS KING OF ALL 

 EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 



Harvest a crop three months after planting the plants and continue to pick the berries 'till frost comes. A 

 few thousand Mastodon plants on good soil and cared for means an independent income. They require good, fer- 

 tile soil, and if given this and good cultivation they will delight you with a fine crop of large, beautiful, luscious 



berries. Our stock of Mastodon plants are genuine and 



This variety is supreme among all everbearing varie- 

 ties even as the Premier is supreme among the early 

 spring bearing varieties. It outyielded some of our best 

 June bearing sorts during their season and continues 

 to bear throughout summer and fall berries of amazing 

 size and superior quality, being very firm and attract- 

 ive. For best results newly set plants should be de- 

 budded up to July 1st. They will then bear very 

 successfully by hill culture methods as well as matted 

 bed row system. Where hill culture is practiced, set 

 the plants 15 inches apart in the row and have rows 

 from 2 to 2i/2 feet apart. This produces strong, robust 

 hills that produce very heavily. 



selected for productiveness. 



GEM 



A NEW AND 

 OUTSTANDING EVERBEARER 



The most promising of all everbearing varieties re- 

 cently introduced. Coming from the Middle West, it 

 has adapted itself to our conditions on the Eastern 

 Shore very readily. We find it to be an excellent plant 

 maker, very productive. Berries are large and are rear 

 beauties of excellent quality. This is the Mastodon's 

 closest rival. We can recommend it for trial. 



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